Male, over 40? Beware!
Around age 40, just when most men reach the pinnacle of their careers,
begins a decline in the production of the hormone androgen, better known
as testosterone.

October 27, 2004

How explosives entered India
Explosives dumped in Iraq land in India. rediff.com investigates the
process of importing cargo to India via ports..

October 26, 2004

Is Musharraf indispensable?
'The day Afghanistan stabilises and Pakistan goes out of the US radar screen, he will would face excessive domestic and international pressure.'

Encounter with a 21st century pilgrim
Thomas Reissmann claims to carry all his worldly possessions in his
backpack. He has no fixed home or income, and works whenever and
wherever he can in order to support his next trip.

Can anyone bring back my son? He died so unfairly!'
'They should go after all the men who helped Veerappan survive all these decades. I personally recommend they arrest Nakkeeran Gopal,' says retired cop Abdul Kareem whose son Shakeel Ahmed was shot dead by Veerappan in 1992

A mirror to the dark side of the world
Underlining much of German writer Elfriede Jelinek's work is the sense of a world without pity, where big entities smother humanity, desensitising individuals to the injustices of class and rampant oppression against women.